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Copy of a pamphlet entitled "Ceremonial in Scotland on the death of Her Majesty The Queen", printed on the occasion of the ceremonies in Edinburgh following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on the 8th of September 2022. Because she died in Scotland, "Operation Unicorn" was triggered, and a procession, a ceremony, and a lying-at-rest period were organised for her in Edinburgh and at St Giles' Cathedral on the 12th and 13th of September 2022.

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Correspondence and related items, relating to the attendence of John Baillie and his wife at the coronation of Elizabeth II.

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Correspondence and related items, including letters from Mona Anderson, Reinhold Niebuhr, Hachiro Yuasa and Lazlo Pap. Includes material relating to the Donald Macpherson Baillie's estate, the unveiling of war memorial panels and installation of the Duke of Edinburgh as Chancellor at the University of Edinburgh, the coronation of Elizabeth II and preparations for the World Council of Churches conference.

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Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Mona Anderson, Bertram Christian, Henry Pitney Van Dusen and Henry Sloane Coffin. Also responses to John Baillie's tribute to Thomas Cockburn in The Scotsman and material relating to the International Missionary Council and to the wedding of Princess Elizabeth (now Elizabeth II).

Scope and Contents The main body of the collection is correspondence from Dr. James D. Macgregor to his family in Scotland (but also to/from others) from both Sierra Leone and the Solomon Islands. The letters are largely in aerogramme form but there are also letters in conventional form with the original stamped and franked envelopes, as well as illustrative postcards and occasional ephemera. The content of the correspondence is largely descriptive of the locations and the work involved there, and to a degree...